The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-23 00:00:00

)1011EY MARKET. AND C°IIMUCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Ther e CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. T is: no new feature in the Money Market. aulle bank ers and di scount firms are tolerably well cried wit h resources, b u t th ey ev i nce con reserve in all their operations, 71,- to regular customers, and 8 r tilo r Ce nt. to to e general public. The specie hii:vs.ieznytriesratil watched with great anxiety, as that the Bank directors will not eb s i t t4te if the drai n cont i nues to place still greater 4rbuctions in theut 11 4 way of bullion shippers. 34,000 i n b ar gold was taken into the A eSterday. 4 t auVarice occurr e d esterda in the rates of ow T ai lge on Ay y msterdam, Paris, and Hamburg, h ers g' no doubt, to the increased value of money I:itice Monday last the imports of specie have ci tinte d to £817,600, and the exports to ,211,900. St u ll l 4l4B Barnes, XP. for Bolton, and James Reid Loti 4 d t o - „ of Ql asgew, have joined the Board of the pkt v -.. *ad Caledonian Marine Insurance Com -144, Arra ngements have been made for cora- TenPng o peration s on the Ist of Febinary at the attelet°UY Offices in Cushion court, O'd Broad- --- Th ere Two O'CLOCK. 'll la ,l has been no alteration in the English sod 9 84/ 44 Y, Consols closing at 901 1 for money, ad ap e to °, for the account. Business both real n Ires e t: 4ti°B is very dull, and in the absence of New T hr ‘ Political news the market is quiet. The . ew 6 I)er e e ea and Reduced Annuities are 90-1- 1; India the t ellt d s *' 105 1; ditto Enfaced 4 per Cents., 93.; eoun li t!' 63 * dia. ; and Exchequer Bills, 9s. to 4s. 1 4 th e °reign Market there is not much anima ser ';` quotations are generally firmer. Turkish r P4ge t ~.e titB. , 1 862, are 66k 67; do. Cons° ides, 41e zieln, 351 1; Greek, 221 ; Spanish . gilea ll , e 4 '. 7 ,l}; ditto Certificates, 13/ 1; Portu Ih e t 1; and the Confederate Loan, 44 46. h 17 411 1 ..,Pj 4 ; il 'iyaY Share Market the dealings have vblettt hase" ." 14 lted, and a further downward move orth 4611 place in prices. Great Northern, t i neol I,4tetn, and Manchester, Sheffield, and v vest er tt 1:6 receded 55.; Caledonian, Great Ister 11'044'414t0n, and Midland 10s. ; North e T Wi ck), however, have improved ss. 1144 41 e ° 1, 1444 4 1:4 Colonial undertakings remain " an ge of importance. to 25 shaaaticilliseellaneous Shares in some instances d ' 0 25 2g firmer. Imperial Bank have improve d ,-;(4°11don and County, to 62; London an 1 , 21 . Boen°lnilreB realise 50, and Union of London, 4 ' o' ad 47:national Financial shares are at 111, ; et 26 261. Adriatic Steam are Ml 4 S 11 P r enl• ; National Shipping, 1 1- dis.; Pte e ib euritie s) prem.; and Mauritius Credit, 4 II a o'rt alTlS FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. u tto ell t. c plips. a 1 A 0 4801 8 Neer ile'litce°,llnt Feb. 4 .... 904 1 4, 3 per 6 ... educed N - ai pe ell ti .. _! .... . ............. , e/ r 3 , , r Cent. Jan. 1891 41t•liall 4 1 ) ° , t. r C A a.....4.t. .Asua . uities .6,lntie, „7.4niuties, Jan. 1873 ipte f $ F 0 Yrs, expire ith Jan., 1880 — E t t , to ed arrs, expire sth April, 1885. „e3n er -,,,.„.5ea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. , unt o ''''4lB, £l,OOO, 2,1 & 3 per Cent 9 4 du; Ditto /lb, Itto £.500 14-°- 4ne a ~ £ lOO and £2OO 44 4 ,. nu Stk, 4i per Ct., last hf.-yr 216 ja s,_`' Girr,.. 1;„ ; „ wek , n ....)01XNT SECURITIES. 1, 4 0 i '"I Per C nt April 1874 -- Ditto"nte A cc onnt .. e '' - Per c .................. • • 1051 i 5 VttA.„„ ent. July, 1870 o e h ,°"nat., .. nt o - -- Aed p e • 4 I) itt ° Per C Per ' per Cent .. 93 Ditto o b olid ent,, Jan. 1872 .. a iil,ouo — d er''' £l,OOO 5 dis 11r.- l' 011t" -izili 41%1' FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. _ tiitt: ll 5 15er 1);. , 183 9 Cent _ , Lto 4i and 1 859 .. b. It t r to e eut . , 1851- . 58-60 , itt o ,_ . 864 une t , .enp, 1 863 . 1863 _ ehtli () %ky,„ 6 , £os paid bi - "' Per c Dtr Cent i t itto 4 ent ..... T la °r . 11 KW I C eal. ........ ..., 'tt e 1. o la y•.. , ... Agy i pti '.- rairieott.rt ..adated, 1 per Cent — , but o kt , z 7 Per c„'"''''', La nd Warrant — Di `lreek Second "-,;".!. to Per C ent,, Z' ... , fr bitt o c Ac count,' , . 24-6 , ..:60 • 11 . puns '"ie:tie ati pPene ........... "lootDito 4 Per C ent rio, ° count . ~ ........ — w Ne or I naperi al '6' Ditto alla da . Per Cent r"i; l 7 o 4,a tid w . t: -- Ditt o ll ,tese, 6 ,?°,lltB (Hectares) — b . ' 18 83 " r ,Cent., Ex. 25f — DP I ttn B,‘ • . 4 -ri p (1 . 8 ,. ••e . . . ..... itZtli 4. e °3 ) £42 88. 3d. "'paid —Pm ~ittc , 4 , %qu it A "it. • v s .l.li tt 9 P er (2 :j ...... . a cQ ttlZACCo lit .. li t) 1 862 Di tto ,Acco utit era, 1853 _ bbin," Per ca t' . :2 ! .... -., r 4kee, 3 „, i mi,•, 1 5 6 6, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 44 5 pai'lj ..................... 471 t:li pe r e nt., 182 Z S St b its. _ itt, C ent 1850. . ti4'tC())3,s pe r c e _ . 1860 p p u n ! , 1859 bi llit ki : r -e r , r, 1862 BBl 8 ti Dttia t . t o 4% Per c ent .. 4 11 3 Pe °l r lllt Bll bi t ° At e , Cent bits Xewll4t j:l,.t4_ Deferred. .... I l i te pZint .... kiy, A BI'V E , --- . ... ..... . .. 13 ` - ' 4 b it i t, l ) l 4 -eZ,°txxilti No a 4 e-.10 , 4, 1t Coup not funded — sni t , , 4 per b 41,1 6 Per COAt. B bi t , Ite e , C ent. 1854 ... it te3 pe %It .... 891 ti t ° Ac r ee lit. iiig ....... . t to, e.,?iat .. ~,s ! tt , t Ivo B o .1 .... : ...... 7O Di Per 11 " .. 44 4 4/ 4 ee ln. 186 2 ..... b ., 0 i ' ()l lnt .. 1, Itt, oo t 67/ ilb, .. ll(ll4ll.l 3 Nt ' t°:l ec dlB , 4 per Cent lO2 Tito s ec Cent. 4.4 t ,_ i „,_ 11l .............. ''° ' tj e ent. 18 . 6 ' 2 * .. _ 1) 4 Di p ° lult ' te, Idetia ................... 511 i tAti t i itt o t i Per eeal34 the above Gull ' , tk, c .. A er ei„ ertincates ts, -44 .04 4 ,: -11 t . .) . 1 861, Ex. 25 francs — iple . . ....... . ~ ' 44 4 (4) (14 TWO O'CLOCK. 4(1 tt • ................... 901 ......... • ........ Aziolii,,,' _.._._________ Penn died at her pen ~,l'eSideties -.." t'IITENARIAN -Mrs' 107th year on 4ilftrsd - Ilt Itlnerleithen 1 _ii her respects tilte,i, aY N ei , _ was i n severa l . delv known, ket"bis perao7. Deceased been w i dely long considerable Dort 41137 la this)]. el l+. hae b t throughout a c _as born itti3O of the oca.i,y, a re uScotland. Shes w 7 but when %tett 14at We°llth of f lst of December, 17 t Edinburgh, he r %Nog tt(lhetela the anied her family to first with her kilt: 8,: teoided obotrt P siity years, staying ho presided as b ,, tttfts'r -t‘kt', II:tarok; N l `George, a baker, Freemasons, w Edinburgh, b -tt the ,„.0..."'• tePhen's Lodge of its poet-laureate. "he „ft:4l'4ou of la urns being installed as s i n the Royal Sti ;frt*atclB oP tied shop for ladies' ware years. She de 'l444 -'`,e, W hich erred kept fora number of upwards of 60 Sts of offers of marriage till she was ßobert Penn, Q tli., Il k . 4.,,ge, when h gave her hand to Mr. 18 years. ' ) 11 -'' tiihb e e has survived with A o ttly ~ norgh, whom she removed e. since r , e h :ger her marriage Mrs. Pe nn has Itied,t4h"and to Innerleithen, where she George 11., 44 b.-4tiilg. her birth from the reign of events 'hie Wag many L eh at , Persomilly cognizant of only as ma.t ''re t ,e Ktiown to those of the present day 'Y stories oft iZ 10.3tory ; alid Bb., as Wont to tell numbe rless saw the 'llll -Ii41:114 'lv ofthe olden time. She P 4 Of t h e ~ Worthies the s retire from Nili • 'to notorious Sohn Paul Jones when the ortelthr 14 1779, and was present at Kirkcaldy, prayer t :441 kr, Shirr ff red up his now historic pirate's „'l44o,„Petttarins wiud a a t e d feat the object of that Roman ,'441,,,-',' She w' 8 the %laburning of the buildings 14 -`l° bki Wit defeat aid other ',4114. , ° P 8 dwelling-house, . 1111 It'll, by the populace in 1780 ; and for I) ft e It e hich she picked 4 , ON , 1 3 as relics some trifles w once or e r agtong• the ruins When a girl she w alked \lt . fro '• famous George 1, tilifil Glasgow to Paisley to hear the acquaintance in l'itehli'rci;_ and sho afterwards made the John bat'' (el -1 ? , ot his c^ t r the still more famous never ty. Thr ti eraporar3., long life she her 4 Dr c'ttghout the whole of . to 4te ofessional visit from a doctor, having Stoutly refused was able to 1,,,,,,,Dt Of k ed • to the last. She . ti , -ut in h e teal attendance t , 011 e , a Igr garden till the approach of the present win- Her mental 4lti, ger health began to give way, had been well /Olti,,ltt , Ivhich were naturally good and Ilirit., the rotaaitied unimpaired to the end, ex cept that atiered 4 little, 14at few weeks her mind occasionally w kt 41,°40bcet:411'. active preparation t,e - ' Ii:LILLE" is in uh 1 l eatr e L . . . • th Madame Carvalho in @kite , Yrique in Paris, with K evka.rtie4r. v \ •. hi4Sk\ ,21 ,ce out a panY' L ea t he 30u r 13 es. ed ies dud is the 0. a lova' joyea' left,age oa lous e Wi o no too r ef ' - e 0 10 41 1 o la of Atil ce P 0 A ith A 9 111 1 vici ol o° ge nt le 1 4 ; clef .0 te 4 ha° -3 •ioen of r ic " co oly °Aftieast 0 0 t .13 0°8 0 110 e IC" I LOC e left il ti' o l 3 '. 09 0 c i w o r o I l ! Co l°ll i4O ses /I II 0; co .3 1 ° „ no t . ou v a w re to 0; 00 , e 0;0 go 10iroetit ,ed ore-1 3 „i 0 11 3 01 / c o O. t. ,ec i r 0 P6toid V ate e i rtl ig o P r' ffi fl. o bofiv W d f a d go' stY 0 -a 4 • er r hp, j , D el) 00 3 t„ d tb° - te i , 1 a 0 tu tu 0 .• a yo!'.7,0i 0 10; 0 9 rner 43 . : ttie 0 0 .1 p 00 1 : 0 1 A s ° ol , to I' l o 3 o 00 trit• 00 04' coll QL ;/ Pl` ° 3 to' . 'l4 9 lie jo s ',o l' . sca 0 ,01 1P3 :10 11° we nt ll Of efS fr otl- 1 0 ' lAC t'' tit74° / r 1 1 ° 01 0 0 11' 4 in s l3' • 0 . it it) of the SHARE MARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Share! Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol. and. Exeter Caledonian ...... Cora am!. Bandon Cornwall Do A( A 'ets ro div !Do. B till ap c.p ebcei paid to B. Dublin & Beltast June. Dun.,Pertli.&Ab. Junc. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. !Great Eastern, Ord. stli I Closing Business Paid. Price. dcne. B 8 61 81 84 66 1201 121/ 7 74 37 39 16 17 97 98 107 109 191 501 47 49 7f 84 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s t GreatNorthol Scotland Great Northern Do A stock 1271 1281 1331 1341 131 136 97 98 651 66 Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., mid Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 1101 110! 72 73 104 105 43 44 106 107 i, 101) 10201 501 511 1031 1046 IV 1296 1611: , t 8 100 , 63.0 - Do. shares Mid Kept Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern--Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York 52 63 25 e 6 1031 1031 Do Carlisle North London 59 60 goi 901 30.14.41 Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington 125 130 1 2 p 77 79 11 11i 124 126 43 45 98 100 Do Do New, 186 C. Taff Vale.. ....... Do B Do C • Ulster Do 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 8; Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.at West Midland -Oxford Do N ewport Do Hereford 53 64 33 3f 84.1 05,1 98 100 91 iOl 38 30 91 101 tt, 71 8 16) 105 p' 5 61i 21 Si pi 84 67 170 175 22 25 86 121 20} 128 i 65 I nol IC4i 1071 61 102/ 1 31 129 P 93 1031 59 90i 90 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Sharp Railways Paid. Price. Business dons Liu Itiantio &St Lawrence all 60 f 2 Sk Bom.,Barodaa.Cent Ind 100 103 105 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ...... 8 6 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares 74 1 P •toi Buffalo and Lilac Huron all 5i 6 6 10 Do. Pretcrance 100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 ( 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187', 100 Do. do. July 1,187 t• 100 -- 100 Do. do. June 1, 187-1 100 st Jlcutta.aS.Eastn.(l.iti , 100 112 104 at Cape Town Dock Sort) 100 101 103 stoc!: loastn. Bengal gu. 6p. c 100 1054 1061 106 stook It;ast Indian. gu. sp. 0. 100 101 104 103 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 4 a p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 20 21 20 100 Do. let Pref. Bonds all 73 75 7 3 4 100 Do. cto. deterred— all 58 61 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred— all 50 35 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 40 El 100 Do. 4th Pref. stocir all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 C 4 stock Gtlni arenin.gua.sp.c. 100 104 105 1034 41 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 41 I , 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent 100 102 104 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 9i 10 20i Do. New .. .. ... 18 11 104 t; 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt all 93 95 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8 all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 ip stock Madras. guar., sp. 0. stock Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 98 100 99 stock Dc.4 do lOO VI 98 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock 51elb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 50 Helb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 59 100 Do. 7p. c.. Bds. all SO Newßr unswiok a Canda Class A and B all 3 6 N.Rl.C'da6 pc lat t bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde (100 103 104 ..••...•. stock Do. Delhi •• • • ' 100 102 104 1) Do. do 1 5. .9 2 st Do. Punjaub all 102 111 ) Do. Do. .......: , ? p g. , 100 Wolk Do. Indus. St. FIo.J 1100 100 102 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.c.J &J uli I 1877-84 I Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug. 100 103 105 I Do. dp. c. Mar & Sept. 100 ion 106 Do. Sp. c. Jan &July. 10C 10 82 Do. slr scribed stock 100 00 92 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111 110 10 - !Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 104 106 105 k Natal Gov. 8 per cant.. 100 ICB 110 - 'N.B.Gov.op.o.Ja.,lauly 100 101 104 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 186( 100 99 100 De. sp. c.,18‘.4 to 1078 100 991 10 , a Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99k 100 k 991 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 108 110 IS. Aus G6p.e.1878.& up.. 100 108 110 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Do. to 419.0. Ae.&Oet.. 100 H O 111 BRITISH MINES. 2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 ulifford Amalgamated.. 38 10 381 • Devon G. Cone. (Tavist.) 1 575 685 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 66 ) 614 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. *d par East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 27 28 East Carn Brea... ... . . 3.4.0 7 71 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 5 51 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 581 10 12 Great South 'reigns.... 175 4k 41 I G. Wheal Vor (11elttoli 40 16 17 Grenville El erc..d' is-Foot 8.12 37 39 tungsten Downs 4. 18. 0 3 31 31 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaut 91, 17 it) Nlarke Valley.. 4 gyndy Iron Ore (Lim , 21 11 1 6 New Setun l9l 80 90 • North Downs *l 11 11 1 Basset (Illovin 3.1.0 22 3 North Wheal Crotty I Par Consols (St. Blaze)) - Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 !South Caradon(St.Cleer• if 431 440 S. Cam Brea allogan) — - IS.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 671 621 I Stray Park 5 Camar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 I I Lin Crolt 9 19 20 --- West Basset (Mogan).. la 11 1 2 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 64 56 West Soton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5f 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 IWhealLudcott ......... 3.0.5 11 11 ♦Wheal MaryAnn(Lien.) 8 13i 14 1 Wheal 3eton . 581 150 160 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 241 25k 521 1 , Vheal Union 3.17 3 3l PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 116 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 1011 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. East Lincoln, gua. 6 per cent., 138.9 London and Chatham, 44 per Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund stook, 5 per cent., 101 Midland Bradford pref. stock, 96 Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 56i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 17i f Copenhagen, lim., 3/ 1 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 10} Ditto (26), 3 Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 37 • San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 8} Ditto (all), 204 Southern of France, 26 Turin and Savona, 4 FOREIGN_MINES. Cape Copper, Urn., 7i Cobre Copper, 34 Don Pedro, North Del Rey, Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Aim Co., 21 Yudanamutana of S. Austruia (lhm), 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon son and Liverpool (lim,), 4511 4 iii 5 Anglo Austrian,Jsl Australasia, 76 Bank of London. 175 Bank of Wales, 1im.,7131: Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 8 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 4O 11 City, 115 18 Colonial, 40 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 231 21 European Bank, lint, 81 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 321 Imperial Bank (Urn.), 231 . 5) 5 0 Imperial Ottoman, 17i Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London and Brazilian (11m.), 59 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 50 London Chartered Bank of, Australia, 27 London and Colonial (lira.), 0* London and County, 62 London Joint Stock, 371 London and South African, 261 London and Westminster, 831 Mercantile and Exchange, lint, 15* Oriental Bank Corporation, 01 Union of Australia, 511 Union of Ireland (lim.), 20 Union 01 London, 421 MISCELLANEOUS. British American Land, 241',S,,Commercial Union (Insurance), 91:I Crystal Palace, 32 1 Gen. Crc dit and Finance of London, lint, 61 Hudson's Bay, 171 1 International Financial Society, Um., 11 fi Joint •stock Discount, 61 London Financial Association, lim., 26 * London General Omnibus Company, 21 Mercantile Credit Association, lint, 7* National Discount Company, lim., 11 National Steam Navigation, lim., 4* North British Australasian, / Ocean Marine (Insurance), 191 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 791 its Royal Mail Steam, 79 81 Tnatnea and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Jim., POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. BOW-STREET. STREET ROBBERY.—DanieI Hearne was placed at the the bar, charged on remand with having committed a street robbery on Robert Henderson. Police-constable 151 E said about half-past 12 or 1 on Monday night he was on duty near White Lion-street, Seven Dials, when he heard a faint cry of "Police." He went in the direction of the cry, and there he saw a number of young men running away from the prosecutor, who was lying drunk on the ground, and who said the men had robbed him of 7s. 6d. Ho sprung his rattle for assistance, and in a short time the prisoner was brought back by a police constable. Prisoner—The old man:says he lost 7s. 6d. ; why, how could ho do that when he had only 4s. when ho camo out of the workhouse infirmary ? (Laughter.) Mr. Henry— Ail your questions shall be answered at the proper time. The prosecutor, a dissipated-looking man, said he came out of the infirmary with half a sovereign in his pocket, and, unfortunately, he changed it for drink. He took too much, and as he was going home some men set upon him, knocked him down, and stole his money. Ile could not say the prisoner was one of them. Prisoner—That's right. How could he ? It was be tween 12 and one, so how could he see ? I want to know how ha could be robbed of 7s 6d when he had only got 4s ? (Laughter.) Prosecutor—l had half-a-sovereign, and it was changed to get drink with. Police-constable 46 E said the prisoner ran into his arms as he (witness) was proceeding in the direction of the sound of the constable's rattle. Several other police-constables having given evidence, Mr. Henry asked the prisoner what he had to say to the evidence of the constable. Prisoner—All I've got to say is that I know nothing about it. I went out of an errand for my sister, when the policeman collars me and walks me off to the station, Mr. Tierney. sister of the prisoner, said she kept a coal and greens shop in Compton-street, and on Monday night she sent the prisoner out to buy a candle about half-pant 11, so he could not have committed the robbery. . . Constable White said when he went to make inquiries of Mrs. Tierney about the prisoner, she said she had not seen him for three weeks. _ _ --- Tierney—Oh, your worship, I never said so. I've a real English lady in her own right in Chancery, and one that's got £6 a week coming to her, and she'll prove the boy has been at my place these three weeks. Its all false what the policeman says, and he knows it. Mr. Henry (to the prisoner)—The police seemed positive you were one of the parties who ill-used the man. Prisoner—Of course, they say so. Mr. Henry—What motive could they have for so doing it was not so? Prisoner—Why, to get their is 61 a-day at the sessions. Mr. Henry-1 shall send the case to the sessions; but before doing so I will hear what you have to say in answer to the charge. Prisoner—What I say I what's the use of my saying any- thing. The police will swear all I say is false. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial, and as he was leaving the dock his female friend said to him— " Keep up your pluck, old tar." MARLBOROUGH -STREET. THE FOLLY OF TREATING STRANGERS.-A WELL KNOWN THIEF. -Emily Sinclair and Charlotte Johnson, the former a well-known thief, were charged before Mr. Knox, with stealing a watch of the value of £5, from the person of a young man named Girling, porter at 12, Cork street, Burlington-gardens. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared that about one o'clock this morning he went into the Duke of York public house, Union-street, Oxford-street, and there saw the prisoners. They asked him to treat them, and he did so, and on doing so he felt a tug at his watch, and on looking at his chain found that his watch was gone, the swivel of the chain having been broken. He accused Sin clair, who was the nearest to him of having taken it, and thinking she might have passed it to the other pri soner, gave them both into custody. While on the way to the station Sinclair dropped the watch from under her clothes. Police-constable Win. Claricoats, 72 C, said on taking the prisoners into custody, he observed Sinclair put her hand under clothes, and while going along Oxford street she dropped the prosecutor's watch. Mr. Knox asked if anything was known of the prisoners, and Sergeant Fornett said that Sinclair had several times been in custody for felony, and had once suffered 18 months' imprisonment. Mr, Knox said he should discharge Johnson, and re mand Sinclair that the convictions against her might be proved, THAMES. WIFE BEATING.—WiIIiam Perry, aged 28, a labourer, was brought before Mr, Partridge, charged with assaulting his wife Elizabeth, who carried a baby in her arms. Her face was swollen and her left eye blackened. Upon enter ing the witness box she said the prisoner was her husband and the father of her children, and she did not wish him to be sent to prison. Mr. Partridge said there were marks of considerable violence on the woman's face, and he would not allow the charge to be withdrawn. She was then s worn and stated that she was living at No. 4, Windsor-terrace, Canal-road, Stepney. Her husband came home intoxicated last night. He was like a madman. He called her by the most filthy names, and said he had come home for the purpose of breaking everything in the place, and said, that she must provide another home for herself and five children. He then beat her about the head, face, and body with his fists most fear fully. He had very often beaten her when he was under the influence of liquor, but he was very well when he was sober. He was in the practice of stopping away from his home all night. Lydia Smith, a poor seamstress, who looked half f. mished, said she lived in the same house as Mr. and Mrs. Perry. The wife was an industrious and very clean woman. The prisoner came home last night and beat his wife in a most frightful manner. He commenced by kicking over a tub of water with which his wife was cleaning the passage, and said "out you go." The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said his wife com mitted adultery with a beer shop-keeper named Adams, who carried on business in Limehouse, and they were seen coming out of a house of bad repute a fortnight after she was confined with her child. She commenced using very foul language when he came home last night. The prisoner then gave utterance to a volley of blasphemy and obscenity as an illustration of what his wife said. He was frequently checked by the magistrate. The wife was recalled, and denied emphatically that she had given her husband any cause for complaint, and the witness Mrs. Smith said the complainant was a well conducted woman. After a long discussion, Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was not bound to maintain his wife if she was false to him, but she denied on oath what her husband alleged against her. The prison©r was an ill-conditioned, badly disposed man, and he had wounded his wife very severely on a former occasion by flinging a basin at her. He believed the wife was very desirous of speaking the truth, and that she had a good feeling towards the prisoner, whom she wished to screen from punishment when she entered the witness-box. The prisoner was a savage fellow, and his boisterous and improper conduct in court did not say much in his favour. He sentenced him to be imprisoned for one month and kept to hard labour. WESTMINSTER. IN THE LOWEST DEPTH IS A LOWER STILL.—MaTy Ann Hudson, a woman about 25 y ears of ago, was charged with being drunk, and using the most disgraceful and offensive language to a lady, and otherwise misconducting herself. Sergeant Ayres, 27 D, said that there was a dress ball last night at the Vestry Hall, King's-road, Chelsea, and as the company entered the defendant posted herself at the door and conducted herself very disgracefully, using a most offensive epithet to a lady, who gave her no provoca tion, and who kindly repaid the insult by entreating that defendant should not be taken into custody for it. Witness then removed the defendant and sent a constable to watch her, who finding that she continued her impropriety of con duct took her into custody, and conveyed her to the station. The defendant, in reply to the charge, saici she never used any bad language to any oue, although she admitted that she had been drinking. Dennis, the gaoler, said she was a wall known and most disorderly woman. Defendant—Oh, dear me, no, I am not. Mr. Selfe—l have only been at this court a twelvemonth, and I have soon you here at least ten or twelve times. Defendant—l always have the bad luck to be brought before you. Dennis—That is not true. She is quite as often before Mr. Arnold. I think she has been here altogether' fifty times. Mr. Selfe—lt is my duty to protect the public from an noyance by persons of your class, and 1 shall certainly do it. You are, unhappily, not only a person of a certain immoral condition of life, but you become worse and worse, and are an habitual drunkard. This sort of conduct can not be permitted to go on, and I now caution you for the last time of the consequences. Now you are committed for ten days; and nest time you come here I will send you, in default of bail ? to prisep. for six months. ',seen din g the 1.4,1 1 Lis THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN, 011 Mexican throne, will continue to use the motto arms now bear—" Equit6 dans la justice." A NEW WORK, entitled "Poets and Novelists of tho Nineteenth Century," is about to appear from the hand of Mr. S. P. Williams, author of " Critical Es says," and a well-known contributor to" The Rose, Sham rock, and Thistle" Magazine, and other periodicals. THE NEW COMET, discovered on the 28th of December last, by Respighi, is said to be rapidly approaching us, and will be at the point of least distance (happily for us a trifle of some 18,000,000 of miles) about the Ist of February. It is probably tho comet which was observed in 1810, and its period is therefore something over b 3 years, THE BOMBAY MAIL, We have received files of papers from Bombay to the 29th December, and from Calcutta to the 29th December. We take the following summary of news from the Bombay Gazette of the 29th December: — It is stated that Sir William Denison, Governor-General of India, has decided on remaining in Calcutta, The Go vernment Secretariat offices have been ordered clown from the North-West. A Government steamer is in readiness at Calcutta to con vey Lady Elgin, as soon as she arrives there, to Suez. The Lord Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India left Bombay for Calcutta on the 14th inst. The Commander-in-Chief of India, Sir Hugh Rose, has his head-quarters at Rawul Pindee. Sir William Mansfield, Commander-in-Chief of the Bom bay Army, has returned to the Presidency. On the morning of the sth inst. a party of the enemy on the frontier made a raid on our outpost about 15 miles north of Peshawar. They were driven off by the Irregular Cavalry, but unfortunately Lieutenant St. G. M. Bishop, of the 6th Bengal Cavalry, was killed while charging at the head of his men. Further intelligence has been received from the head quarters of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, at Rawnl Pindee, stating that affairs on the frontier had be. come much more pacific. The villages of Laloo and Um beyla were taken without any officer being killed or wounded, the enemy suffering severely. The Bonair tribe seem inclined to adhere to their engage ments, and the Bajouries and others who had come to their aid had fled. General Chamberlain has left the camp, and is improving in health. Letters from the North-West frontier contradict the re port of the death of Lieut. W. Bettye, of the Guide Corps, who was severely wounded when combating the enemy in the Umbeyla Pass. It is reported that the Camp of Exercise that was to have been formed at Mean Meer will most likely assemble at Rawul Pindee, and that Sir Hugh Bose will superintend the manauvres in person. The ship Marian Moore has arrived here with a portion of the Persian Gulf submarine telegraph cable, and is taken to the Government transport moorings to have some fittings made ready, prior to being taken in tow by the Bombay marine steamer Victoria for the Gulf. The trial of the first Armstrong gun, in Bombay, at the new battery, under the Light House at Colaba, was success fully made on the 15th inst. A Kurrachee paper gives out a report to the effect that Kurrachee has been fixed upon as the headquarters of the Persian Gulf and Bagdad line of telegraph. An illustrious visitor, in the person of H.H. the Secun dra Nawab Begum of Bhopal, Knight of the Exalted Order of the Star of India, has arrived in Bombay on her way to the pilgrimage at Mecca. A grand Durbar was held by his Excellency Sir Bartle Frere on the 23d instant, for the reception of H.H. the Begum of Bhopal. The Hon. Rustomjee Jamsatjee Jejeebhoy has made a donation of 150,000 rupees (L 15,000) to enable five natives of India to qualify themselves in England to practise in this country as barristers-at-law. The Act for the prevention of adulteration of cotton and the better suppression of frauds in the cotton trade fn the Bombay Presidency comes into force on the Ist February next. Government has accordingly appointed inspectors to carry out the Act in the several cotton-producing and trading districts, and also for Bombay as the principal place of export. The health of the town of Bombay has suffered greatly in consequence of the prevalence of cholera for the last three or four weeks. The English mail of the 3d inst. has not arrived up to he hour of our going is press. Our latest telegrams are to he 25th November. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKETS. (From the Bombay Gazette of Dec. 29.) Since the date of our last report no change for the better has taken place in the position of the import market, which has remained dull and stagnant owing to extreme scarcity of money. The export market has become rather more firm, in consequence of encouraging advices from Liverpool, and cotton has recovered more than 60r. per candy. FREIGHTS.— The remarks made last mail can be repeated. Natives are the principal operators and the extreme firm ness and confidence displayed by them appear to have re conciled shippers to ruling rates. Besides this the large quantity of seeds offering has greatly assisted to keep rates steady ; so that, notwithstanding we have again had heavy arrivals, the demand for all classes of vessels has been good, and rates have been irmly maintained ; but there are not enough small vessels in port to supply the demand. THE CALCUTTA MARKETS. (From the Calcutta Englishman of Dec. 20.) The screw steamer Carnatic, with the London mails to Nov. 10, via Galle, arrived at her moDrings in the river on the afternoon of the 13th inst., and the express portion of a week's later news, through Bombay, reached us on the morning of the 16th. Our latest London dates by the latter source are to the 19th ult. The Messagerios Impe • riales screw steamer Erymanthe, with the European mails of a late date, is now coming up the river. Import Market—Piece Goods: Money being even scarcer than it was, there is literally nothing doing. Joint-Stock Shares.—The share-market is stagnant, and few but forced sales have been made since our last issue. Most of the loans on joint-stock shares have been called in by the banks, and higher margins and interest demanded, so that all descriptions are lower in value by 10 to 20 per cent. Serious loss has arisen on time bargains, large sales having been made to persons without means. Government Securities.—These securities have kept de clining as the pressure for money increased. The chief transactions have been forced sales on account of parties who were unable to keep up their loans, or who had de faulted in their time bargains. Fours have been sold at 88; Fives, at 100; and Fives -and-a-Half at 105. MARKETS--.This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of produce at our market to-day was season ably good. The trade was firm at the following rates ; FRUIT. 0. d. s. a. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,p9r lb 5 0 to 10 0 Foreign ao. 0 0 to 0 0' Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 (1, Apples, per hf-sv. 2 6 to 4 o Pears, per do • 3 0 to 8 Oranges, per 100..3 6 to 8 o Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf 0 to 0 0 Straw b er ries pr pt 0 0 to 0 p S. d. 8 ltfulberries,pr pt..o oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 3 to 1 6 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peache5.......... 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETAXLES. . _ Greens, dz bunch 4 6 to 5 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 0 to 1 6 Bed ditto ........ 2 0 So 3 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 1 0 to 2 0 Caulifl o wers, p dz 1 0 to 2 6 Brocoli, per bus. 0 8 to 1 0 Potatoes, per ton 6 0 0 0 to 110 0 0 New ditto, pr lb .. 0 to 0 Turnips, dz bunc h 2 6 to 3 0 Carrots, pr do.••• 4 6 to b 6 Cucumbers ...... 0 0 to 0 0 Garlic, per lb .... 0 0 to 0 0 Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 0 to 6 0 G ree n peas, n.-sv. 0 F renc h beans,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 O n ions, doz. bn.. 1 6 to 2 6 New Do., dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach .......... 0 0 to 0 Turn ip radishes 0 0 So 0 0 rou: Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parstips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 blushrooms,p ptl. 0 oto 0 0 Artidaokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 EncliTe, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 1 oto 1 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 6 Seakale, per bun. 1 3to 2 6 LTRY. d Turkeys,tgeese, 4s Od to 7s Od each ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, Od to is 6d each; wild do., is goslings,o s 0000ss 00 4 dci s ;t o or d act tos rabbits, Od tlds2! is O d o ; ctao2psOo6usds : eachoB;d woodcocks,; pheasanus, 3s Od to 4s 6 d ; Os to 3s 6d; snipes, Os to is 2d; pigeons , O s 9d to is O d each; Surre y fowls, 9s Od to 12s Od ; chick ens, 6s Od to 8 s Od; barn-door fowls, hares, 3s 3d to Os Od ; p 4 p s taar tr a 1 0 i : di g t g o aens 6 : 3 loB o s odod to d; to Os 9d; teal, Is Od to 03 Od ; wild ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; Eng li s h eggs, 12s Od to —s Od ; French do., widgeons, is Od to is 3d ; plovers, Os Gd to Os 9d each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to ls 2d ; English, ls 2d per 100; leverets, 36 Od to Os Oa ; grouse, Os 6 t o o d sO i t d s o 4 t 2 d o s p l 3 e o d r B . l o b d ; sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os 03 ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; ; plaice and garnets, Ipbr.a;wtnursboOtss,;4spiOkdelosklBaste;,cod, 2s Oc to 15s Od ; brills, 2s Od Os 6d to s 6d • ol t oodb6stst to Os lobsters, ; 80ci d d t o o r e e a " : sho, Od; 5 ; s s co O rle s t , o abs, 3 6 6d. 6s Od t O t oo d 23 ; ss mullets, soddp e p air common oysters, 8s to 20s ; natives, 65s to 7(ls per bushel ; whitings 2s Od to ss; haddo cks, 9s to 18s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; .mackcrel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s pe r 100 , bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. , 3s 8d to 4s 8 d ; ; and, perk, 4s 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs , b y the carcase. lamb, Beef, s f o r d om to Os 3s Od; t veal,o s 4s s d l d m: 4 tt s o B n d WIIITBCHAFEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 4tl ; mutton, 38 Gd to 4s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s Gd per Sibs by the carcase. BREAD , The prices of wheaten bread t he metropolis are from 6d to 7d , of hous ehold do., 6d to in p 41 10. lIIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 21b, 4d d 3 to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 80lb to 881 b, 3id to ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41,d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 44d ; 1041 b to —d to —d. Ilorse bides, Os Od to lOs 6d ; calf skins, 6d to 4s Od ; 7s Od to Oa Od ; polled sheep, lls Os Od; shoalings, Imif-breds,t9s Od to 108 6d ; Downs, 7s Od to Os Od to 6s Od. IM2ITS. t.._ light, Od to 14s Oti 9s Od; lambs, Os Oa to £4 10s Od ; clover, °1 12s pa load. HAY M 1..- SMITHFIELD.—Meadow 401 £3 0 e - £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, 4s to Trade inactive. CUMBERLAND..--1‘1 884 . 0W ba y , l"' £3 08 to E 4 10 M ; t , - £4 Os to X 5 10 a Od ; and straw , £ 1 Gs to 12E! 14 0 "' An inanim a t e mar ket. at WHITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £ 3 Os to £4los Od; clover, .hocu £4 Os to £5 lO s Od ; and straw, £ 1 Se to £ 1 1013 per loawillbe 114 d. ~ Trade slob'. rover, Death of Sir William Atherton. We have to announce the demise of Sir William Atherton, late Attorney-General, who expired shortly before noon yesterday, at his residence in Westbourne-terrace. The late hon. gentleman was in his 58th year. He was the son of the late Rev. William Atherton, Wesleyan minister, by Margaret, daughter of the late Rev. Walter Morison, a minis ter of the Established Church of Scotland. He was educated in this country, and adopted the law as his profession. After going through the cus tomary legal education, he was called to the bar at the In ner Temple,and as a barrister went the Northern Circuit. He practised as a special pleader for some years, and in 1852 be3ame a Queen's counsel and bencher. The same year he was returned in the Whig interest for Durham (city), in conjunc tion with Mr. Granger. In 1857 he was elected at the head of the poll, having for his colleague the Right. Hon. J. R. Mowbray. On being appointed Solicitor-General in succession to Sir Henry S. Keating in 1860, he was re-elected without opposi tion. Sir William succeeded the present Lord Chancellor (Lord Westbury) as Attorney-General, and in the early part of the autumn last year was compelled to relinquish his dignified post as Attor ney-General, owing to his greatly impaired health. 0 wing to the death of the learned gentleman a vacancy takes place in the representation of the city of Durham. The late Sir William married in 1843 Agnes Mary, second daughter of Mr. Thomas J. Hall, the late chief magistrate of Bow-street. Sir William was an advanced Liberal in politics, being in favour of vote by ballot, and consequently exten , sion of the suffrage. A Turkish Magazine of Arts. The Mejmooai Funoon (a monthly publication) belongs to the Jemiyeti Ilmiyehi Osmaniyeh, or Ottoman Literary Society, the newly- formed Useful Knowledge Society, and is compiled by its mem bers. The editors are Munif Effendi and Kadri Boy. Among the contributors are H. H. Kiamil Pasha, late Grand Vizier, H. E. Edhem Pasha, H. E. Safert Pasha, H. E. Mehemed Jemil Pasha, Ambassador in Paris, Said Effendi (now in London on a mission), and Abu Bekr Effendi, Mussulman missionary at the Cape. The latter has contributed a series of letters on the Cape of Good Hope, which furnished the groundwork of a cock-and-bull story, in the English papers, according to which, the missionary of the Turkish Society for the Propagation of Islam among the Christians had depicted the dissensions among the Christians at the Cape, how a Bishop Colenso had criticised the texts of Scripture, and how he believed that in ten years' time the inhabi tants would abandon Christianity and adopt Islam ; to promote which result, he recommended that a number of well-paid Turkish missionaries should be sent to the Cape, and that a liberal distribution should be made of well-written Mussulman tracts. The real history of Abu Bekr's mission is, per haps, more interesting than the imaginary one. In Cape Town, a city of thirty thousand inhabitants, ten thousand are Mussnlmans, acknowledging the Padishah as the head of their religion. When you were in Constantinople, the Turks were much tickled, by hearing from their Consul-Geueral, Mr. De Roubaix, that there were Mussulmans who only spoke English or Dutch. It is a great satisfaction to the Turks to have these Mussulman dependents in an English territory, as they do not always bear with perfect complacency the assertion of some of the English here, that Queen Victoria is the greatest sovereign over Mussulmans, and our ambassador, Sir Henry Bulwer represents the first Mussulman power. Dissensions on point of doctrine arising among the Mussnlmans at the Cape, the matter was re ferred to Stamboul; and the Sublime Porte, instead of giving a verbal opinion, with great liberality sent out a distinguished mollah, Abe Bekr Effendi, well known in Stamboul circles, and they continue to pay him a salary of £4OO a year. Abu Bekr Effendi has done much to improve the religious and moral condition of the Mussulmans of the Cape, and has established a school there. He has communi cated to the Mejmooai Funoon some interesting ac counts of the Cape, and his proceedings ; not, how ever, mentioning one little fact which has interested his numerous Stamboul acquaintance, that he has married there an English-speaking Mussulman ....._ _ lady, who is highly accomplished and plays the piano, like several fashionable Khanums, in Stam boul. The Mejrnooai, besides purely literary articles, has articles on geology by Edhem Pasha, banking by Munif Effendi and Kadri Bey, telegrams, &c. As it is written in a good and pure style it is much liked. Was the Earl of Essex---Hamlet 3 Shakspere being known to have been acquainted —freshly acquainted—with Southampton at the time when " Hamlet" was first planned and pro duced, may have conceived his character of Hamlet from Essex, and that of Horatio from Southampton ! The indications which would point to such a con clusion are not few. The common people regarded Essex as a prince, descended through his father from Edward the Third, and through his mother the immediate kinsman of Elizabeth; and some persons, like Sir John Hayward, imagined that his title to the throne was better than the Queen's. In person, for he had his father's beauty, he was all that Shakspere has described in the Prince of Denmark—the glass of fashion and the mould of form ; the observed of all observers. Then, again, in his family relations, as in his personal position and appearance, he resembled very closely the ideal prince. His mother had been tempted from her duty while her gracious and noble husband was alive. That handsome and generous husband was supposed to have been poisoned by the guilty pair who had done him such cruel wrong. After the father's murder, the seducer had married the consenting mother. That father had not perished in his prime without feeling and expressing some doubt that foul play had been used against him ; he had sent from his deathbed his forgiveness to the guilty woman who had sacrificed his honour, and perhaps taken away his life. All these parti culars in the real life of Essex, and in the imaginary life of Hamlet are pointed out. There certainly is an exceeding singularity of agreement in the facts of the case and the incidents of the play. The re lation of Claudius to Hamlet is very much the same as that of Leicester to Essex. Under the pre tence of fatherly friendship, Leicester was suspicious of his nephew's motives and jealous of his actions; he kept the young man much in the country and at college; be let him see but little of his mother, and clouded his prospects in the world by an appear ance of benignant favour. Fear was probably at the root of all his conduct to the ardent, volatile youth. Gertrude's relations to her son were much like those of Lattice to Robert Devereux. She loved him much, but she feared him more. She could never quite reconcile him to his stepfather : a little more than kin ant less than kind. Then, again, "in his moodiness, in his college learning, in his love for the theatre and the players, in his desire for the fiery action for which his nature was most unfit, there are many kinds of hints calling up au image of the Danish prince." HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS.—The meet yes terday was at Frog-green, Wokingham, whence there was a fast and capital run in the direction Reading, and the take was at Oaleot, a few miles westward of that town. It was generally admitted by the field that this was one of the best days sport of the season. DEATH OF A COLUMBINE FROM FlRE.—Yesterday morning Madame Maria Charles, aged 27 years, a Columbine lately engaged in the pantomime at the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel-road, expired in the accident ward of the London Hospital, from the mortal effects of burns re ceived by her dress taking fire while engaged iu her duties on the stage about a fortnight ego. The unfortunate woman had been employed since Christmas-eve, and on the night of the accident. towards the termination of the pantomime, she retired to the back portion of the stage to adjust her dress, which by some means came in contact with the gas jets arranged behind a set piece of scenery. She was at once enveloped in flames, but the scene shifters and the managers procured wet blankets, which were kept on the side of the stage, and speedily subdued the remnants of the burning dress. She was shockingly burnt over the back, and was , nce removed to the above-named institution, but the `I her system ultimately caused death, Au inquest ' on the body this day. MANCHESTER, January 22.—Cotton Goods.—The gradual decline of prices which has taken place during the last few weeks has made business rather more practicable to-day. The stoppage of mills has probably helped to this' result, because the les sened production in a market not much burdened with stock naturally tends to strengthen the hands of sellers both of cloth and yarn. In the yarn market there has been a decidedly better feeling, with more business doing, and in some cases a shade higher prices obtainable than spinners would have accepted even eo lately as yesterday. The business effected in shipping yarns has been chiefly for China, India, and the Mediterranean markets. The sellers of home-trade yarns have asked rather high prices, but only a small amount of business has been done. Practically there has been no change in prices, but there has been more inquiry, and a less gloomy feeling existed than in the earlier part of the week. In cloths there has been but little done since Tuesday, and the improvement has been slight. The extreme flatness which existed up to that day has given way a little, and some business has been done for China, owing to better accounts having been received by the mail to-day. Advices from Calcutta by the same mail are only a day later than those previously to hand, bat report a rather better feeling there. These advices have led to little or no business. Some offers have been made on India account, but of too speculative a character and at prices too low to be favourably entertained. The demand from the home trade is of no account ; and though the market on the whole is rather firmer, there is very little change in the relative position of buyers and sellers. The large orders held on foreign account have not yet been thrown upon the market, and the aggregate business is reported to have been small. At Hong Kong, Dec. 15, 811 b. shirtings were 2s. 6d. to 31. 6d. per piece higher. STATE OF TRADE, FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL HAMELIN. The funeral of this distinguished French admiral took place on Thursday last at the Church of the Invalides, Paris, and was conducted with much ceremony. A numerous body of troops, consisting of eight battalions of infantry, a battalion of light infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, two batteries of artillery a battalion and a squadron of the Paris Guard, iwith their bands and colours, was present, and the Impetial Guard was represented by a bat talion and a squadron of the corps. The troops were massed around the church, and presented arms at the same time as those of their com rades who were on duty within the building. The navy was represented by many officers of high rank who were stationed around the bier. Several Mini sters, diplomatists, marshals, and officers of the Imperial household were present, as well as a great number of officials of all descriptions, and depu tations from the army, National Guard, the Senate, the Legislature, the Council of State, and many other bodies. The Emperor was represented by an aide-de-camp, General of Division Mollard, and by Count de Laferriere, one of his Ma jesty's chamberlains. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde were also represented. A portion of the church was set apart for the use of the deceased admiral's family and friends, amongst whom, as chief mourners, were the admi ral's eldest son, Captain E. Hamelin ; his second son, Captain A. Hamelin; and his nephew, M. Desvarannes. The cords of the pall were held by Baroche, Minister of Justice; Marshal Vaillant, Minister of the Imperial Household and of Fine Arts ; Count de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister of Marine and of Colonies; and Vice-Admiral Trehouart, senator, representing Admiral Desfosses, who was indisposed. At the commencement of the ceremony a salvo of 11 guns was fired by the artillery stationed on the quai of the Invalides, and during the progress of the service a military band played alter nately with the organ and with the vocal music executed by the choristers. A second salvo of 11 guns was fired at the conclusion of the ceremony, and at 1 o'clock the coffia, on a car drawn by six horses, was conveyed to the gate of the Invalides, when the troops marched past. The mortal remains of the gallant sailor were eventually borne by some petty officers in the navy to the vaults of the church, where by order of the Emperor, they are to repose, surrounded by many a gallant old soldier. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 23.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. POOLE, Jan. 22.—Wind S.W.—Put back—lsabella, for Newfoundland. BRISTOL, Jan. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jone, from Mauritius. CARDIFF, Jan. 21.—Wind S.W,—Arrived—Eliza, from Gibaltar. Sailed—Hermann, for Canary Islands—Result , for Barcelona. COWES, Jan. 22.—Arrived—Cid, screw steamer. from London for Bilboa. QUEENSTOWN, Jan, 23.—Arrived—Persia, steamer, from New York, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Canada, from Messina; Colue,lius Grinnell, from New York. Sailed—Fanny L,mbert, steamer, for Malta. DEAL, Saturday Morning. No arrivals. CONVICTED BY MISTASE.—The Recorder o Devonport has now under consideration a case, in which it is believed that injustice is being done to three youths, who are at present in Devonport gaol. James Attis, John Jenkins, and Charles Smith, whose ages vary from fourteen to seventeen years, were convicted at the last Devonport sessions for stealing part of a leaden pipe be longing to the water cistern of a house at Ford, The only material evidence against them was that of Police-con stable Dyer, who deposed that before he knew of the com mission of the robbery he mat the prisoners in a road near Ford, at three o'clock in the morning ; that he ques tioned them and searched them, a lamp-post being close by, and finding nothing upon them, he let them go. They pre sently began to run, and the stolen property was found on the road which they had passed. There is no question but that the youths thus met were the thieves, but there is a doubt, amounting to a positive disproof, that they were Attis, Jenkins, and Smith. Dyer, the policeman who apprehended them a day or two afterwards, has from the first been most positive that the prisoners were the boys he met, and he still maintains that he was not mistaken. His evidence, unsupported, and contradicted by two witnesses, induced a majority of the jury to return a verdict of guilty. We say a majority, because the jury were so doubtful on the matter that they not only retired for consultation, but, on returning, their foreman, by a lapsus linguae, let out the divided state of feeling by giving as a verdict, " Guilty, but recommended to mercy because the evidence is not clear against them." The prisoners were undefended, and this strange verdict passed unchallenged, and the lads were sentenced to terms of imprison ment varying from four to eighteen months, and to be whipped. The former punishment they are now en during, the latter, fortunately, has not as yet been carried out. On the arrival of the lads at Devonport Prison, they were seen by the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. May. From the time of their apprehension they all protested that the police had got hold of t he wrong parties, a nd this assertion was renewed with so much earnestness to the chaplain that that gentleman made inquiries. Aided by Mr. Eastlake, solicitor to the Admiralty, Mr. May set to work to find out the truth ; discovered and ex amined important witnesses, and brought their statements before the authorities. The result has been that, after careful investigat ions, the jury who con victed the lads have signed a memorial expresstng their unanimous belief that the prisoners are innocent ; and the Devonport magistrates, having made independent inquiries, have forwarded the memorial of the jury to the Recorder, commending their prayer to his attention, Th e mass of evidence now brought to light showing the inno cence of the prisoners is not only conclusive, but really astonishing. It is discovered that not only were Attis, Smith, and Jenkins not guilty, but that three other lads, somewhat resembling them, whose names are well known, are the real culprits. Attis and Smith slept on tho night of the robbery at a lodging-house kept by one Painter, and in the same room with them wire four other persons, all poor, of course, but two of them of unblemished charac ter. who have positively declared that the lads named did not leave the room the whole night through. Jenkins, the third prisoner, was that night sleeping at a house at the back of King-street, and four out of the five who slept in the same room with him have declared to the Magistrate that the boy slept in the same bedroom. But, to crown all, a lad recently released from prison is found, who confesses that it was he who committed the robbery, with two companions. A second member of this second trio has been seen, and in timates that he would confess if ho were assured that a pro secution would not follow. Under these circumstances the Recorder of Devenport will probably advise Sir George Grey to advise the Queen to pardon the three prisoners for an offence which it is clear they never committed, — Western Molting Nett!. Th(3 Proposed Oxford-street Undergr °rind Railway, Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the Maryie bone Vestry, Mr. Churchwarden Hodges in the chair, A memorial was presented from the inhabitants of Oxford-2treet, praying that body, in the inte rests of the parish, to co-operate with them. in a determined opposition to the projected underground railway from the Marble Arch, under Oxford-street and Holborn to Farringdon-street. Mr. POLAND, in moving that the prayer of the memorial be complied with, said the inhabitants of Oxford street had determined to oppose the scheme at every stage; for, as its promoters had deposited the money required by Parliament, they appeared determined to go on with it in defiance of public opinion. With a view to opposition, the inhabi bitants of Oxford• street had signed a guarantee that each pay one shilling in the pound on their respective rentals ; and they hoped to defeat tho bill on standing orders, as the promoters intended to take sixty cellars, or parts of cellars, with out giving the owners any notice. If they were permitted to carry such a bill, Oxford-street would cut a pretty figure, for they had noticed that they required 78 houses, and he should like to know where the tradesmen, when turned out, were to go. The vestry were deeply interested in pro tecting the rates of the parish, and therefore they hoped to have their co-operation. Sir JAMES HAMILTON seconded the resolution, and hoped the opposition would be unanimous in protecting one of the finest trading streets i n Europe from destruction. The resolution was carried unanimously. A report was presented from the Railway Rating Committee agreeing to accept as a compromise an assessment of £8,400 instead of £12,700 on the Metropolitan Railway in the parish of Marylebone. Mr. Taverner and Mr. Surridge contended that a bad bargain had been made, as if they had gone into Court the parish would have got £lO,OOO. A very long discussion took place, and it being understood that the assessment was only for a year, the amendment was withdrawn and the motion carried. LONDON GAZE T TE,—Last Evening, BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 21. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Hamburg, reporting that the existing Customs and Excise duties levied in that State, have been prolonged until the end of the present year. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 21, The Right Honourable the Lords of tne Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, through the Sec retary of State for Foreign Affairs, the following transla tion of a Danish Royal decree relating to the temporary customs' arrangement for the Kingdom of Denmak, and for the Duchy of Sleswig with regard to the Duchy of Holstein : I We, Christian IX., &c., make known—The Duchy of Holstein and the provinces belonging to the same customs' district are to be considered, from the 22d of this month until further notice, as exempt from customs' dues with respect to the import and export of wares of every descrip tion, and as respects purchase duties for shipping; but the Minister of Finance is empowered to accord exemptions where local conditions or other peculiar circumstances de mand it. From the same date likewise the ordinance for the king dom, of the Bth June, 1839, sec. 5 and 9, as well as the corresponding regulations in the ordinance for the Duchy of Schleswig, of the 24th October, 1837, shall be tempo rarily suspended with regard to the Duchy of Holstein. With respect however to the payment of transit dues and shipping dues and clearance fees for freights to and from the said Duchies, no alteration will take place in the at pre sent existing arrangements. All concerned in these ordinances are to conform, hereto. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 22. 11th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Spencer Byng Astley, from 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice John Fane Ballard, transferred to the 32d Foot.' 15th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Bellingham Le Mottee, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Spencer Byng Astley, transferred to the 11th Foot. 32d Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Robert Stacy Coils to be Major, by purchase, vice George William Wallace Carpenter, who retires—Major the Hon. Bernard Mathew Ward, from half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Charles Clapcott, who retires upon temporary hall pay—Lieutenant Alfred Robert William Thistlethway to, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Coils— Ensign David Bond to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thistlethwayte—Ensign John Fane Ballard, from 11th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bond. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette: — Win. Thurnell, meat salesman, East India-road David Jones, dairyman, Jury-street, Aldgate William Leach, beerseller, Greenwich Richard William Pyne, builder, Camberwell William Harmer, grocer, Finsbury Thomas Hayes, florist, Sydenham James Ellis, plumber, Minories Henry Castell, warehouseman, Alfilermanbury Samuel Newman, brushmaker, Farnham James S. Snowden, sailmaker, Tooley-street John Osborne, timber dealer, Bagnigge-Wells-road Alfred Goshawk, photographer, Camberwell Thomas S. Sanebury, hemp dealer, Fowkes-building, City Philip Rogers, dairyman, Upper Lisson-at, Paddington Maurice Spiegel, merchant, Walbrook Hiram Ells, farrier, City-road William Saddington, innkeeper, Wantage, Berks William Collyer, smith, Lambeth William Scattergood, builder, Lambeth Frank Cole, commission merchant, Regent-street SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. • Peter Hay Balfour, manufacturer, Dundee Robert Dawson Johnston, Edinburgh John llinny Gib, St Ann's, Brechin Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. kmsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 194 Antwerp .. 25 65 Brussels — 25 65 Hamburgh — 13 7 Paris Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 75 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine ll9k Vienna Trieste Fetergburgh .. Berlin Madrid .. e • • • Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 47 47t1 25 821 25 82! 25 82i 25 82 25 82 25 821 52a 2/1 98 48 25 87 25 8! 25 87f 25 87 25 8! 25 9! b 2 Oport0...- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) , p er 0z.... £3 17 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons The citizens of Cork are very uncomfortable at present. The " jingle-men"—otherwise cab-drivers --have struck in a body for higher fares ; and though some days have elapsed, there is no sign of their yielding. A TWO-ACT OPERA, " L'Orco," founded on a novel. by Georges Sand, the libretto by M. Hymans, and the music by M. Stoumon, has been produced at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels, with moderate success. REPRESENTATION OF BRIGIITON.—The committee of 25 gentlemen, appointed at a pablic meeting 0 the Liberal electors of Brighton to select a candidate who will, it is to be hoped, secure the united support of the Liberal party, are still engaged in considering the claims of Messrs. Dumas, Fawcett, Otway, and Goldsmid. It is stated that Mr. Moor the Conservative candidate, intends to withdraw from the contest. During the paesent week, Mr. Dumas has addressed crowded meetings of the electors at the Reeve Inn, Euston-road, the Royal Oak, St. Tames's street, the Imperial Hotel, Queen's-road, and at St. Peter's Ward. The temperance party, which is numerically ira portant at Brighton, elicited from Mr. Dumas that, al though he would not pledge himself to vote in favour of a permissive bill, he would support the appointment of a Com mittee to investigate the subject. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. LLOYD, THE COMEDIAN. —We regret to announce the sudden death of Mr, Frederick Lloyd, which took place on the 17th inst. The deceased, who was only in his 31st year, will be favourably remembered as the principal comedian of the Theatres Royal, Manchester and Liverpool, whilst metropolitan play-goers may recollect the success with which he filled a similar position at Astley's last year, when that theatre was under the management of Mr. Boucicault. Mr. Lloyd ap peared in his usual good health when on Monday, the 11th inst., he went to the Polytechnic, where he had been for some weeks engaged as a buffo vocalist ; but whilst he was on the stage he broke a blood vessel, and he was immedi ately conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital. Every attention was there paid to him, but in vain. He lingered through the west . , and died on Sunday last, the 17th inst., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Mr. Frederick Lloyd was greatly beloved and respected by a large circle of friends, and, un happily he leaves behind him a heart-brolren wife and three young children to mourn his irreparable BRESLAU, Jan. 21.—The Gazette says—" A frrsh c onvoy .of 500 exiles left Warsaw yesterday and *th other citizens must provide themcelvcs wai distance c ial permission when they wish to go to The pea of more than 12 miles from their homes. eformality, ' sants and Jaws are subj ected to b h e. sam The Russians however small the distance marl( o cklawck. Among hive hanged four insu r g enta L e t them was German uau" udke. ~~ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1864.